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(11) EP 1 097 271 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
09.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/19

(21) Application number: 99935520.9

(22) Date of filing: 13.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7D21H 27/38, B32B 7/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9915/777
(87) International publication number:
WO 0004/233 (27.01.2000 Gazette 2000/04)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.07.1998 US 115545

(71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • McCONNELL, Wesley, James
    Alpharetta, GA 30202 (US)
  • HSU, Jay, Chiehlung
    Alpharetta, GA 30202 (US)
  • MITCHELL, Joseph
    Alpharetta, GA 30004 (US)

(74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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